| British Sea Power / Valhalla Dancehall |
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| Album: | Valhalla Dancehall | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | British Sea Power | Added: | Jan 2011 | |
| Label: | Rough Trade | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-03-13 | Pull Date: | 2011-05-15 |
| Week Ending: | May 15 | May 8 | May 1 | Apr 24 | Apr 17 | Apr 10 | Apr 3 | Mar 27 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 25, 2021: | Wee Animalcules (rebroadcast from Sep 30, 2011) Baby | 4. | Jan 10, 2012: | meow Who's In Control | |
| 2. | Jan 15, 2015: | Meow: The Best Of The Decade So Far (2010-2014)...The Sequel! Who's In Control | 5. | Sep 30, 2011: | Wee Animalcules Baby | |
| 3. | Feb 28, 2012: | meow Who's In Control | 6. | May 13, 2011: | Time Traveler We Are Sound |
| Album Review |
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| mr. esq. Reviewed 2011-03-08 | ||
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as reviewed by mr. esq. modern rock/alternanation/britpop from britain. really damn good stuff that evokes the heyday of 90's britpop (w/some 80's mod rock&70's glam thrown in. plus a little of a glitchy/robot punk thing going on. =it's eclectic.) one of the best albums to hit in the new year. RIYL: pulp, blur, echo&bunnymen, simple minds, mighty lemon drops, ride, oasis, sponge, bowie, national, killers, franz ferdinand, parlovr, etc. FCC WARNING: 1, 6, 8, 12. SUGGESTIONS: ANYTRACK=GOODTRACK. esp.1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, *1. FFC WARNING='FUCKING' /BEST TRACK: kickass brit pop! rockin' fuzzed git, echo vox. boy: i'm sure glad i'm in safe harbor.... *2. industro drum begin; driving&fast ala killers, national. last min&half slows down into haunty soundscape. *3. piano! =i like piano! (lovely.) 4. fast&quirky&jerky. *5. this is bitchin'! processed vox. dark&ominous building. very mechanical&glitchy. ending=slowly undone&breaking down. *6. FCC WARNING='FUCKING' : piano!..very pulpy. pulsing. *7. NEXT BEST TRACK:dark&thuddy open-to-dreamy lullaby w/fem vox. COOEY! beautiful stuff. 8. FCC WARNING='FUCKING' (they like this word!) :glitchy toy pop. midtempo. *9. fast& moving. like echo. *10. NEXT TO NEXT BEST TRACK: piano!...saddy..it's got strings. haunty vox. mal&fem vox blended together to where it seems like it's the same voice. really fucking gorgeous. (sud end) 11. glitchy, jerky robot thing is back!=really fast&rocking ala devo, intelligence, don'ts, etc. *12. FCC WARNING='FUCKING'(get another word, dudes): cathedral organ soundscape begin. mod rock blueprint for the rest. gets driving at mid point. dreamy passage (psst: this is a very long song.9+mins!) =this could go well on any bladerunnercore or indie cool kids show. 13. glitchy tech-o begin. voice delay chorus. very 80's. weakest track of the bunch -why end w/this? | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Who's In Control | 7. | Baby | |||
| 2. | We Are Sound | 8. | Living Is So Easy | |||
| 3. | Georgie Ray | 9. | Observe The Skies | |||
| 4. | Stunde Null | 10. | Cleaning Out The Rooms | |||
| 5. | Mongk Ii | 11. | Thin Black Sail | |||
| 6. | Luna | 12. | Once More Now | |||
| 13. | Heavy Water | |||||